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Cruise Ship Orderbook Updated Through 2022

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MSC Cruise have 7 New Builds on order.

The Cruise Ship Orderbook page is now updated through 2022 on CruiseIndustryNews.com.

The updated page reflects all known ship orders through 2022, including Carnival Corporation’s recent nine-ship order, along with a fourth Quantum-class vessel for Royal Caribbean.

The update also includes deployment announcements as well as delivery changes, such as the Viking Sky being pushed back to 2017.

Cruise Ship Orderbook

Cruise Line Ship Cost(1) Tonnage Capacity Yard Sailing Delivery

2015:

P&O Cruises Britannia $760 141,000 3,611 Fincantieri Europe March
Viking Ocean Viking Star TBA 47,000 944 Fincantieri Europe Spring
TUI Mein Schiff 4 $625 97,000 2,500 Meyer-Turku Europe Spring
Royal Caribbean Anthem
 $950 167,000 4,100 Meyer Eur/Carib Spring
Ponant Le Lyrial $150 11,000 262 Fincantieri World Spring
AIDA AIDAprima $645 125,000 3,250 Mitsubishi Europe Q4
Norwegian Escape $920 164,600 4,200 Meyer Carib October

2016:

Holland America Koningsdam $520 99,000 2,660 Fincantieri TBA Feb
Viking Ocean Viking Sea
 TBA 47,000 944 Fincantieri Europe Spring
Carnival Vista
 $780 135,000 4,000 Fincantieri TBA Spring
Royal Caribbean Harmony $1,300 227,625 5,400 STX France TBA Spring
AIDA Unnamed $645 125,000 3,250 Mitsubishi TBA March
TUI Mein Schiff 5 $625 97,000 2,500 Meyer-Turku Europe Spring
Royal Caribbean Ovation
 $950 167,000 4,100 Meyer TBA “Mid 2016”
Regent Explorer $450 54,000 738 Fincantieri World Summer
Seabourn Encore TBA 40,350 604 Fincantieri World Second Half
Star Cruises Genting World $960 150,000 3,360 Meyer Asia Fall

2017:

Norwegian Bliss $920 164,600 4,200 Meyer TBA Spring
MSC Cruises Meraviglia $900 167,600 4,500 STX France TBA Early 2017
Viking Ocean Unnamed TBA 47,000 944 Fincantieri Europe Early 2017
TUI Mein Schiff 6 $625 97,000 2,500 Meyer-Turku Europe Spring
Princess Unnamed $760 141,000 3,600 Fincantieri TBA May
Viking Ocean Viking Sky
 TBA 47,000 944 Fincantieri Europe June
Star Cruises Unnamed $960 150,000 3,360 Meyer Asia Fall
MSC Cruises Seaside $950 154,000 4,140 Fincantieri TBA November

2018:

Carnival Unnamed
 $780 135,000 4,000 Fincantieri TBA March
MSC Cruises Unnamed $950 154,000 4,140 Fincantieri TBA May
TUI Mein Schiff 7 $625 97,000 2,500 Meyer-Turku Europe Spring
Seabourn Ovation TBA 40,350 604 Fincantieri World Spring
Royal Caribbean Unnamed $1,300 227,625 5,400 STX France TBA TBA
Norwegian Unnamed $1,100 164,600 4,200 Meyer TBA Q2
Celebrity Unnamed $900 117,000 2,900 STX France TBA Fall
Holland America Unnamed $520 99,000 2,660 Fincantieri TBA November

2019:

MSC Cruises Unnamed $900 167,600 4,500 STX France Europe Early 2019
TUI Mein Schiff 8 $625 97,000 2,500 Meyer-Turku Europe Spring
Royal Caribbean Unnamed
 $950 167,000 4,100 Meyer TBA Spring
Norwegian Unnamed $1,100 164,600 4,200 Meyer TBA Q4
Carnival Corp. Unnamed TBA TBA Est. 4,000 Meyer TBA TBA
Carnival Corp. Unnamed TBA TBA Est. 4,000 Fincantieri TBA TBA

2020:

Celebrity Unnamed $900 117,000 2,900 STX France TBA First Half
MSC Cruises Unnamed $900 167,600 4,500 STX France Europe TBA
Carnival Corp. Unnamed TBA TBA Est. 4,000 Fincantieri TBA TBA
Carnival Corp. Unnamed TBA TBA Est. 4,000 Meyer TBA TBA

2021:

MSC Cruises Unnamed $950 154,000 4,140 Fincantieri TBA TBA
Carnival Corp. Unnamed TBA TBA Est. 4,000 Meyer TBA TBA
Carnival Corp. Unnamed TBA TBA Est. 4,000 Fincantieri TBA TBA

2022:

MSC Cruises Unnamed $900 167,600 4,500 STX France TBA TBA
Carnival Corp. Unnamed TBA TBA Est. 4,000 Meyer TBA TBA
Carnival Corp. Unnamed TBA TBA Est. 4,000 Fincantieri TBA TBA
Carnival Corp. Unnamed TBA TBA Est. 4,000 Fincantieri TBA TBA

(1) In Millions

TBA = To Be Announced

MSC ship to be called Meraviglia

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MSC Meraviglia, new class of cruise ship.

MSC Cruises said construction has begun on a 4,500-passenger ship due in 2017, and that the ship will be called MSC Meraviglia.

Meraviglia means “wonder” in Italian.

The ship is being built at the STX France shipyard in Saint-Nazaire.

Meraviglia will spend its first summer sailing the western Mediterranean, and will be the first to have three homeports: Genoa, Marseille and Barcelona.

“MSC Meraviglia will be the biggest and most innovative cruise ship ever built by a global European-based cruise line,” said Pierfrancesco Vago, MSC Cruises’ executive chairman.
WeTravel Comment!
What a Fantastic looking ship, I myself can’t wait for the MSC Maraviglia to set sail, and for MSC other brand new Class called Project Seaside to start sailing. MSC show that they are the cruise leaders in pure cruise design and don’t need all the latest gimmicks being offered by the other larger cruise companies.

Royal Caribbean to deploy Ovation of the Seas in China

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Anthem of the seas shown above

Royal Caribbean International said it will deploy Ovation of the Seas to China in 2016. The ship is the second newbuild that will be devoted to the Chinese market.

The 4,000-passenger Ovation will be homeported in Tianjin, near Beijing, adding a fourth port in China to Royal Caribbean’s lineup.

In May, Royal Caribbean will redeploy its Quantum of the Seas to Shanghai from its current homeport in Bayonne, New Jersey. Ovation is also a Quantum-class ship, meaning two of the three Quantum ships will be sailing from China year-round.

No other cruise line has put a newbuild in China, much less two.

“We are furthering our commitment [to China] by bringing two of the world’s newest and most advanced Quantum-class cruise ships to the region,” Royal Caribbean President Michael Bayley said at a news conference in Beijing.

Ovation of the Seas, the third Quantum-class vessel, is scheduled to enter service in spring 2016. The second Quantum ship, Anthem of the Seas, will make its debut in Southampton, England, on April 22 and will sail from New Jersey after a summer season in Europe.

Bayley said that Royal Caribbean is taking other steps to strengthen its cruise operation in China. It has created a curriculum with Tianjin Maritime College to train culinary and restaurant service employees and hired more than 3,000 students since the academy opened in August 2014, Bayley said.

Also, Royal Caribbean is investigating potential Chinese drydock facilities to revitalize Legend of the Seas as early as 2018 and potential logistics centers in China to supply its ships deployed in the region.

It is also looking at an inbound-tourism business model that would bring thousands of North Americans to visit China.

The addition of Ovation will bring to five the number of Royal Caribbean ships sailing in China by 2016. In addition to Quantum and Ovation, the cruise line has positioned Mariner of the Seas in Shanghai and Voyager of the Seas in Hong Kong. Legend of the Seas will sail from Tianjin in 2016 until Ovation’s arrival, and then reposition to Xiamen.

A 52-day cruise from Southampton to Tianjin on Ovation opens for sale on March 26.